Episode 3 · 48 episodes · Tessa Miller, Nolan Grave, Colin Green
Nolan licks the blood on his lip and notes that it tastes fresh. A weeping Tessa invents feelings for him on the spot, pleading for mercy after kissing him. Nolan corners her and calls her a terrible liar. He promises to tear her throat open on the next feeding night, then vanishes. Tessa drops to the courtyard leaves as the game grants her twelve hours of life.
Nolan tastes the blood on his lip and calls it clean and fresh. Tears run down Tessa's face as she claims she has feelings for him. She begs the professor not to kill her for kissing him.
Nolan backs Tessa into a corner and calls her a terrible liar. He warns that he will tear her throat open on the next feeding night. He tells her to pray she still tastes sweet, then vanishes into darkness.
Tessa collapses onto the leaf-covered pathway in relief and shock. The Emergency Dating System announces that Objective One is complete. It raises her affinity with Nolan to ten and awards her twelve more hours of life.
“Clean. Fresh.”
“Professor Grave. I like you! I, I've liked you for a while. I just never told you.”
“What a terrible liar. Next feeding night, I'll tear your throat open. Pray you still taste this sweet when I come back for you.”
“Objective One complete. Affinity: Ten. Remaining Life: Twelve Hours.”
Tessa falls to the courtyard ground among the fallen leaves. The game system gives her ten affinity points and twelve hours to live. Suddenly, an intense bright light flashes directly over her face. What is causing the flash of light, and how will she manage her next twelve hours alive?